Yuen Foong Khong
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 978019 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Yuen Foong Khong |
| PRENOMES | Yuen Foong |
| SOBRENOME | Khong |
| ASSINATURA | KHONG Y F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5021-5972 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 76 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1984 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
The American Tributary System Revisited
This article revisits my essay on the American Tributary System (ATS), published by the Chinese Journal of International Politics (CJIP) in 2013. In that essay, I argued that the United States (US) resembled Ming and Qing China in important and interesting ways in the conduct of its foreign relations. I portrayed the US as the hub of a Chinese-like tributary system, and identified two tributes that it sought, in return for its global exertions: f…
How not to learn from history
This article attempts to answer two questions. First, what are the relevant 'how not tos' when it comes to learning from history? I argue that from existing accounts of how policy-makers (mis)learn the lessons of history, we can derive four 'how not tos': 1) do not settle or fixate on the first, or most 'available' or 'representative' analogy; 2) do not dismiss differences between your favoured analogy and the case in question; 3) do not neglect …
The US, China, and the Cold War analogy
Power as prestige in world politics
10.1093/ia/iiy245
Roundtable
The accession of Donald Trump to the US presidency has triggered serious discussions within Australia’s policy community over the future of Australia-US security relations and Australia’s role in Southeast Asia. The United States’ withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has led to questions about Washington’s commitment to maintain a viable economic and strategic presence in the Asia-Pacific. Intensified tensions between China and the…
Brexit
‘Across Western democracies, from the America of Donald Trump to the France of Marine Le Pen, large numbers of people are enraged’, claimed The Economist’s post-mortem of the Brexit referendum. Pol
East Asia and the strategic ‘deep rules’ of international/regional society
Contesting International Society in East Asia
Bringing together some of the most innovative scholars in both the English School of international relations and East Asian studies, this volume investigates whether or not significant and distinct international social structures exist at the regional level represented by 'East Asia', and what this can tell us about international society both regionally and globally. The book's main finding is that the regional dispute over how its states and peo…
The American Tributary System
This article employs the idea of the tributary system—most often associated with China's international relations from antiquity—to interpret how America relates to the rest of the world. I argue that the United States has instituted the most successful tributary system the world has ever seen. As the hub or epicenter of the most extensive network of formal and informal alliances ever built, the United States offers its allies and partners—or trib…
Primacy or World Order? The United States and China's Rise—A Review Essay
How should the United States respond to China's rise? What are China's longterm strategic goals? What are the implications of U.S.-China strategic interactions for world order? Three recent works—Aaron Friedberg's A Contest for Supremacy, Hugh White's The China Choice, and Yan Xuetong's Ancient Chinese Political Thought, Modern Chinese Power—grapple with these questions in authoritative and revealing ways. This review essay examines the answers p…
Human Security and the UN
Part I. The Archaeology of Human Security 1. The Prehistory of Human Security 2. The UN and Human Security during the Cold War 3. The Evolving Critique of National Security Part II. The Emergence of Human Security 4. The UN and Human Security: The Development Dimension 5. The UN and Human Security: The Protection Dimension 6. Human Security and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups 7. Human Security and the UN: A Critique
The elusiveness of regional order
‘Regional order’ was Michael Leifer's yardstick of choice to assess the international relations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Leifer's recurrent theme was how elusive, and at times how illusory, regional order was for Southeast Asia. The elusiveness of regional order is attributed to ASEAN's lack of a set of genuinely shared assumptions about their interrelationships with each other and external states. This article chall…
Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy
Has there been a new surge of American unilateralism? Why is the world fearful of a United States that goes it alone? What are the consequences, for both the United States and the world, of a unilateral America? This book seeks to answer these questions. Past discussions and debates among US contributors were sufficiently passionate as to suggest that a parallel investigation, this time by international scholars, about US approaches to multilater…
The Agent–Structure Debate and America's Vietnam Options
This article responds to Gavan Duffy's critique of Analogies at War in his recent essay on the agent-structure debate in the JJPS (2001, 2: 161–175). I argue that Duffy's use of Analogies at War to pursue his thesis about “giving structure its due” is flawed because he (1) fails to assess the book in terms of the outcomes it seeks to explain; (2) conflates “structure” with process, perceptual, and personality variables; (3) misinterprets my assum…
Human Security
Lloyd Axworthy penned an eloquent and thought-provoking essay in these pages about the necessity and utility of extending the concept of beyond the level of the state and toward individual human [1] Axworthy is not alone in making this plea: scholars have been pushing the conceptual frontiers of the term ever since the Brandt Commission's report Common Security was published in 1981. [2] Since the 1980s, foundations have poured millions into supp…
Making bricks without straw in the Asia Pacific
Michael Leifer, The ASEAN Regional Forum: Extending ASEAN's Model of Regional Security Oxford: Oxford University Press; London: International Institute for Strategic Studies (Adelphi Paper No. 302), 1996: 65pp. £13.99. ISBN 0-19-829263-5; ISSN 0567-932X
Mcnamara's War
The chrysanthemum and the eagle
Journal Article The chrysanthemum and the eagle: the future of US-Japan relations Get access The chrysanthemum and the eagle: the future of US-Japan relations. By Ryuzo Sato. New York: New York University Press. 1994. 221pp. Index. $22.95. ISBN 0 8147 7971 9. Yuen Foong Khong Yuen Foong Khong 1Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 4, October 1994, Page 7…
Analogies at War
From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the "lessons of history" as they contemplated taking their nation to war. Do these historical analogies actually shape policy, or are they primarily tools of political justification? Yuen Foong Khong argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political …
War and international theory
The systematic critique of scientific approaches to international politics began with Stanley Hoffmann's provocative 1960 essay, climaxed with Hedley Bull's popular piece in World Politics six years later and breathed its last gasp with Oran Young's attack on Russett's International Regions and The International System in 1969, Since then, the traditionalists have chosen to ignore the behavioralists
A rejoinder
In the short space allotted mes I, shall address the major issues raised by Brace Bueno de Mesquita's response to my review of The War Trap . His five most important points are as follows
Making bricks without straw in the Asia Pacific
Michael Leifer, The ASEAN Regional Forum: Extending ASEAN's Model of Regional Security Oxford: Oxford University Press; London: International Institute for Strategic Studies (Adelphi Paper No. 302), 1996: 65pp. £13.99. ISBN 0-19-829263-5; ISSN 0567-932X
Primacy or World Order? The United States and China's Rise—A Review Essay
How should the United States respond to China's rise? What are China's longterm strategic goals? What are the implications of U.S.-China strategic interactions for world order? Three recent works—Aaron Friedberg's A Contest for Supremacy, Hugh White's The China Choice, and Yan Xuetong's Ancient Chinese Political Thought, Modern Chinese Power—grapple with these questions in authoritative and revealing ways. This review essay examines the answers p…
The American Tributary System
This article employs the idea of the tributary system—most often associated with China's international relations from antiquity—to interpret how America relates to the rest of the world. I argue that the United States has instituted the most successful tributary system the world has ever seen. As the hub or epicenter of the most extensive network of formal and informal alliances ever built, the United States offers its allies and partners—or trib…
Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy
Has there been a new surge of American unilateralism? Why is the world fearful of a United States that goes it alone? What are the consequences, for both the United States and the world, of a unilateral America? This book seeks to answer these questions. Past discussions and debates among US contributors were sufficiently passionate as to suggest that a parallel investigation, this time by international scholars, about US approaches to multilater…
Human Security
Lloyd Axworthy penned an eloquent and thought-provoking essay in these pages about the necessity and utility of extending the concept of beyond the level of the state and toward individual human [1] Axworthy is not alone in making this plea: scholars have been pushing the conceptual frontiers of the term ever since the Brandt Commission's report Common Security was published in 1981. [2] Since the 1980s, foundations have poured millions into supp…
Power as prestige in world politics
10.1093/ia/iiy245
War and international theory
The systematic critique of scientific approaches to international politics began with Stanley Hoffmann's provocative 1960 essay, climaxed with Hedley Bull's popular piece in World Politics six years later and breathed its last gasp with Oran Young's attack on Russett's International Regions and The International System in 1969, Since then, the traditionalists have chosen to ignore the behavioralists
How not to learn from history
This article attempts to answer two questions. First, what are the relevant 'how not tos' when it comes to learning from history? I argue that from existing accounts of how policy-makers (mis)learn the lessons of history, we can derive four 'how not tos': 1) do not settle or fixate on the first, or most 'available' or 'representative' analogy; 2) do not dismiss differences between your favoured analogy and the case in question; 3) do not neglect …
Analogies at War
From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the "lessons of history" as they contemplated taking their nation to war. Do these historical analogies actually shape policy, or are they primarily tools of political justification? Yuen Foong Khong argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political …
Human Security and the UN
Part I. The Archaeology of Human Security 1. The Prehistory of Human Security 2. The UN and Human Security during the Cold War 3. The Evolving Critique of National Security Part II. The Emergence of Human Security 4. The UN and Human Security: The Development Dimension 5. The UN and Human Security: The Protection Dimension 6. Human Security and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups 7. Human Security and the UN: A Critique
The elusiveness of regional order
‘Regional order’ was Michael Leifer's yardstick of choice to assess the international relations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Leifer's recurrent theme was how elusive, and at times how illusory, regional order was for Southeast Asia. The elusiveness of regional order is attributed to ASEAN's lack of a set of genuinely shared assumptions about their interrelationships with each other and external states. This article chall…
The Agent–Structure Debate and America's Vietnam Options
This article responds to Gavan Duffy's critique of Analogies at War in his recent essay on the agent-structure debate in the JJPS (2001, 2: 161–175). I argue that Duffy's use of Analogies at War to pursue his thesis about “giving structure its due” is flawed because he (1) fails to assess the book in terms of the outcomes it seeks to explain; (2) conflates “structure” with process, perceptual, and personality variables; (3) misinterprets my assum…
Mcnamara's War
A rejoinder
In the short space allotted mes I, shall address the major issues raised by Brace Bueno de Mesquita's response to my review of The War Trap . His five most important points are as follows
War and international theory
The systematic critique of scientific approaches to international politics began with Stanley Hoffmann's provocative 1960 essay, climaxed with Hedley Bull's popular piece in World Politics six years later and breathed its last gasp with Oran Young's attack on Russett's International Regions and The International System in 1969, Since then, the traditionalists have chosen to ignore the behavioralists
A rejoinder
In the short space allotted mes I, shall address the major issues raised by Brace Bueno de Mesquita's response to my review of The War Trap . His five most important points are as follows
Analogies at War
From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the "lessons of history" as they contemplated taking their nation to war. Do these historical analogies actually shape policy, or are they primarily tools of political justification? Yuen Foong Khong argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political …
The chrysanthemum and the eagle
Journal Article The chrysanthemum and the eagle: the future of US-Japan relations Get access The chrysanthemum and the eagle: the future of US-Japan relations. By Ryuzo Sato. New York: New York University Press. 1994. 221pp. Index. $22.95. ISBN 0 8147 7971 9. Yuen Foong Khong Yuen Foong Khong 1Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 70, Issue 4, October 1994, Page 7…
Mcnamara's War
Making bricks without straw in the Asia Pacific
Michael Leifer, The ASEAN Regional Forum: Extending ASEAN's Model of Regional Security Oxford: Oxford University Press; London: International Institute for Strategic Studies (Adelphi Paper No. 302), 1996: 65pp. £13.99. ISBN 0-19-829263-5; ISSN 0567-932X
Human Security
Lloyd Axworthy penned an eloquent and thought-provoking essay in these pages about the necessity and utility of extending the concept of beyond the level of the state and toward individual human [1] Axworthy is not alone in making this plea: scholars have been pushing the conceptual frontiers of the term ever since the Brandt Commission's report Common Security was published in 1981. [2] Since the 1980s, foundations have poured millions into supp…
The Agent–Structure Debate and America's Vietnam Options
This article responds to Gavan Duffy's critique of Analogies at War in his recent essay on the agent-structure debate in the JJPS (2001, 2: 161–175). I argue that Duffy's use of Analogies at War to pursue his thesis about “giving structure its due” is flawed because he (1) fails to assess the book in terms of the outcomes it seeks to explain; (2) conflates “structure” with process, perceptual, and personality variables; (3) misinterprets my assum…
Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy
Has there been a new surge of American unilateralism? Why is the world fearful of a United States that goes it alone? What are the consequences, for both the United States and the world, of a unilateral America? This book seeks to answer these questions. Past discussions and debates among US contributors were sufficiently passionate as to suggest that a parallel investigation, this time by international scholars, about US approaches to multilater…
The elusiveness of regional order
‘Regional order’ was Michael Leifer's yardstick of choice to assess the international relations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Leifer's recurrent theme was how elusive, and at times how illusory, regional order was for Southeast Asia. The elusiveness of regional order is attributed to ASEAN's lack of a set of genuinely shared assumptions about their interrelationships with each other and external states. This article chall…
Human Security and the UN
Part I. The Archaeology of Human Security 1. The Prehistory of Human Security 2. The UN and Human Security during the Cold War 3. The Evolving Critique of National Security Part II. The Emergence of Human Security 4. The UN and Human Security: The Development Dimension 5. The UN and Human Security: The Protection Dimension 6. Human Security and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups 7. Human Security and the UN: A Critique
The American Tributary System
This article employs the idea of the tributary system—most often associated with China's international relations from antiquity—to interpret how America relates to the rest of the world. I argue that the United States has instituted the most successful tributary system the world has ever seen. As the hub or epicenter of the most extensive network of formal and informal alliances ever built, the United States offers its allies and partners—or trib…
Primacy or World Order? The United States and China's Rise—A Review Essay
How should the United States respond to China's rise? What are China's longterm strategic goals? What are the implications of U.S.-China strategic interactions for world order? Three recent works—Aaron Friedberg's A Contest for Supremacy, Hugh White's The China Choice, and Yan Xuetong's Ancient Chinese Political Thought, Modern Chinese Power—grapple with these questions in authoritative and revealing ways. This review essay examines the answers p…
East Asia and the strategic ‘deep rules’ of international/regional society
Contesting International Society in East Asia
Bringing together some of the most innovative scholars in both the English School of international relations and East Asian studies, this volume investigates whether or not significant and distinct international social structures exist at the regional level represented by 'East Asia', and what this can tell us about international society both regionally and globally. The book's main finding is that the regional dispute over how its states and peo…
Roundtable
The accession of Donald Trump to the US presidency has triggered serious discussions within Australia’s policy community over the future of Australia-US security relations and Australia’s role in Southeast Asia. The United States’ withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has led to questions about Washington’s commitment to maintain a viable economic and strategic presence in the Asia-Pacific. Intensified tensions between China and the…
Brexit
‘Across Western democracies, from the America of Donald Trump to the France of Marine Le Pen, large numbers of people are enraged’, claimed The Economist’s post-mortem of the Brexit referendum. Pol
The US, China, and the Cold War analogy
Power as prestige in world politics
10.1093/ia/iiy245
How not to learn from history
This article attempts to answer two questions. First, what are the relevant 'how not tos' when it comes to learning from history? I argue that from existing accounts of how policy-makers (mis)learn the lessons of history, we can derive four 'how not tos': 1) do not settle or fixate on the first, or most 'available' or 'representative' analogy; 2) do not dismiss differences between your favoured analogy and the case in question; 3) do not neglect …
The American Tributary System Revisited
This article revisits my essay on the American Tributary System (ATS), published by the Chinese Journal of International Politics (CJIP) in 2013. In that essay, I argued that the United States (US) resembled Ming and Qing China in important and interesting ways in the conduct of its foreign relations. I portrayed the US as the hub of a Chinese-like tributary system, and identified two tributes that it sought, in return for its global exertions: f…
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